How the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is Playing Out on English, Ukrainian, and Russian Wikipedia

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How the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is Playing Out on English, Ukrainian, and Russian Wikipedia
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“Editing Wikipedia from a bomb shelter is difficult.”

in the top-right corner, indicating that editing is limited to experienced Wikipedia editors, those with at least 500 edits and a month’s tenure. That means brand-new editors can onlyedits to the article’s behind-the-scenes talk pages. On the one hand, this protective measure cuts against Wikipedia’s ethos as the encyclopedia that “everyone” can edit. But Wikipedians say that the extra level of protection is helping to reduce vandalism and disinformation attacks on Ukraine-related information.

It’s important to note that there is not a singular Wikipedia, but rather at least 323 language editions—and that these language editions can vary considerably. For instance, although English Wikipedia has seen a huge uptick in the amount of activity dedicated to Ukraine, the Ukrainian-language version has seen considerably less activity. Since the invasion, the number of article edits per day on Ukrainian Wikipedia has decreased by at least 50 percent, according to the Wikimedia Foundation.

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